A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.

Topics: Ovid Quotes

What is without periods of rest will not endure.

What is without periods of rest will not endure.

Time is generally the best doctor.

Time is generally the best doctor.

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,...

What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited,...

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

He whom all hate all wish to see destroyed.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Judgment of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark

Judgment of beauty can err, what with the wine and the dark

If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.

If any person wish to be idle, let them fall in love.

Beauty is a fragile gift.

Beauty is a fragile gift.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name.

Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name.

Most safely shall you tread the middle path.

Most safely shall you tread the middle path.

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

Whether they give or refuse, it delights women just the same to have been asked.

What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it...

What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it...

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

People are slow to claim confidence in undertakings of magnitude.

Endure and persist, this pain will turn good by and by.

Endure and persist, this pain will turn good by and by.

At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do...

At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do...

Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.

Blemishes are hid by night and every fault forgiven; darkness makes any woman fair.

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it...

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it...

The gods behold all righteous actions.

The gods behold all righteous actions.

All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.

All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.